General Info

Million Dollar Map™ will be available for at least 5 years (starting from the day it launched), so at least until 13 October, 2020, but possibly even longer

By paying a one-time fee, your advertising can remain on Million Dollar Map™ for the rest of its lifetime (“Buy For Lifetime” plan). With the “Reserve For Free” plan you don’t have to pay up front, but your territory still can be conquered. (See more info on plans below.)

Territory Statuses

In terms of availability there are 4 main territory statuses:

Free: territories that have not been claimed by anyone yet. You can conquer these territories both with the ”Reserve For Free” or the “Buy For Lifetime” options

Reserved: territories that have already been “Reserved For Free”. You can conquer these with the “Buy For Lifetime” option, essentially kicking out their current owners

Sold: territories that have already been conquered with the “Buy For Lifetime” option. You cannot conquer these, they are protected for good

Auction: these territories will be put up for sale via auction. You cannot conquer them otherwise

You can check the status of a territory in many ways. It is indicated

in the ‘territory info bubble’ which pops up when you click on the map

in the info panel in the bottom right corner when hovering over a territory with your mouse (available only on closer zoom levels)

by status markers. Select the desired status to be shown in the bottom left corner

Selecting Territories

You can select to conquer any Free or Reserved territory:

1 territory at a time: directly from the ‘territory info bubble’ which pops up when you normally click on the map OR

multiple territories: after switching to ‘Buy Mode’ (by clicking the “Switch to Buy Mode” button below – this will be indicated by the red banner above the top menu) select as many neighbouring(!) territories as you wish

Plans: “Reserve For Free” vs. “Buy For Lifetime”

There are two plan options you can select from when conquering a territory. Your advertising will look and function the same way in both options.

Reserve for free

1 territory only

Free trial

Your territory is not protected

Buy for lifetime

Unlimited territories

Pay now

Your territory is protected

“Reserve For Free” plan

1 territory only

“Reserve For Free” option is available only when you have selected only 1 territory and you have not "Reserved For Free" any territory before

Also, a website URL/company can be advertised for free only on 1 Reserved territory (essentially by the Advertiser who chooses “Reserve For Free” for the first time for the given website or company)

Free trial

With the “Reserve For Free” option you don’t have to make any upfront payment

You will be prompted to pay for your territory only when the whole continent you are present is conquered (i.e. there is no Free territory left)

Your territory is not protected

Reserved territories can be conquered by other Advertisers any time if they choose the “Buy For Lifetime” option and pay immediately (Hint: you can do it too!)

You will not be informed in advance when someone is about to conquer your territory. After your territory is taken over by the other party, you cannot reclaim your territory, unfortunately you got kicked out from there

You can decide to permanently conquer your Reserved territory any time, you just have to go through the purchase process once again choosing the “Buy For Lifetime” option this time

Other

“Reserve For Free” requests will have to be approved by us prior to appearing on the map. Going live might require up to 48 hours after submitting your request, or even longer depending on the amount of requests. Please be patient!

During this time the territory’s status will already be set to Reserved, which means it can only be taken over by someone who choose the “Buy For Lifetime” option and pay immediately

“Buy For Lifetime” plan

Unlimited territories

With the “Buy For Lifetime” option you can buy as many territories as you wish (as long as there is any available Free or Reserved territories left)

Pay now

“Buy For Lifetime” option requires you to make a payment at the time of submitting your request to conquer your selected territories (see Payments in more details below)

Your territories are protected

Other Advertisers cannot conquer your territories

Your conquered territories will immediately gain “Sold” status and will be protected from the potential ‘attack’ of other Advertisers

In short, your territories remain permanently yours

Other

“Buy For Lifetime” requests will be handled automatically and should appear on the map couple of hours after submitting your request. Please be patient!

Note: No refund will be granted after you submitted your request to place your logo on the map. This holds true even for cases when due to violation of the Terms of Use you got banned from Million Dollar Map™

If for whatever reason in the future you want your image and other details removed from the map, you can do that, but you will not get a refund and your territory might be made available to the public again

Setting Up Your Territory

Upload an image

When setting up your territory you will be asked to provide an image which will cover your territory

You must have the authority to provide any content you make available to Million Dollar Map™

Our image generator will cut out the shape of your territory from your image and put it on the map as you positioned it during submitting your request

Image size

You can upload any usual image file type (e.g. JPG, BMP, PNG) up to a size of 10MB.

The bigger the territory you are conquering the better the quality of your uploaded image should be.

To have an approximate understanding of how big your image should be zoom in to the closest zoom level. Check the size of your territory in the closest zoom level and aim for this image size.

Although as a basic rule you cannot change your uploaded image, if you are unhappy with how your image appears on the map contact us at support@milliondollarmap.com

Background colour

You can customize the background colour of your territory. This will be applied to any uncovered part of your territory including the transparent areas of your uploaded image

By default we will use the original green colour of the land areas (RGB 178, 188, 166 or HEX #B2BCA6)

Boundary colour

The boundary colour of your territory is not customizable, the original light green colour (RGB 239, 249, 229 or HEX #EFF9E5) will remain. If you conquer multiple territories at once, the border will be around the merged shape

No changes allowed

Make sure your territory is set up properly (your logo and the customizable part of the ‘territory info bubble’), because you cannot change your territory details after submitting your request

Keep it clean

You may not post, advertise anything unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, sexually explicit, pornographic, defamatory, libellous, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable on Million Dollar Map™. This holds true for any customizable part of your territory: the image you upload, the details of the ‘territory info bubble’ including the Owner’s name, Description of your business/cause, the URL of your website and the content of your website

Violating the above might result in being excluded/kicked out from the website completely (i.e. termination of your account, banning your email address, and freeing up your territories etc.)

It is at our sole discretion to decide what is appropriate for Million Dollar Map™. If however you find anything that we might have overlooked and/or you think something shouldn’t be on the map, let us know at support@milliondolllarmap.com

Payment Processing

As stated above, payments are required only in the “Buy For Lifetime” option

Your financial information is not shared with us in any way (Except for your billing information you are required to provide upon submitting your request)

You don’t need a PayPal account to make a payment

You can pay by credit card

Territory Prices And Value Added-Tax

Territories on Million Dollar Map™ have been priced in on a country-by-country basis by taking into account both geographical (total land area) and economic (GDP and population) factors.

You can check the price of a territory in the ‘territory info bubble’ which pops up when you click on a given territory.

All prices indicated on the map are in USD (US dollars) and considered to be net of Value-added Tax (VAT), i.e. VAT is not included.

VAT is a tax charged on most supplies of goods or services in the European Union. We will calculate VAT based on the information you provide to us and charge it on top of the total net price of your selected territories.

WARNING: Falsification of information to evade payment of VAT may result in civil fines, criminal prosecution and getting banned from Million Dollar Map™ without receiving any refund. Buzz and Hype Llc. cooperates with law enforcement in cases involving potential falsification of information to evade payment of VAT.

VAT Charged For Non-Business Users Who Reside In The European Union

As Buzz and Hype Llc. is based in the EU (Hungary), the final fees we charge our non-business users who reside in the EU will include VAT at the rate of the country where you, our customer, is based. The calculated VAT is shown separately on the form when you submit your request and on the invoice we issue. The total fee due to us is the “Total (Gross)” value. If you would like to know more about the rate of VAT of the country where you are based, please follow this link. Simply look up the column called “Standard Rate” on page 3.

VAT Charged For Business Users Who Reside In The European Union (Except Hungary)

If you have indicated that you are a business established in an EU country other than Hungary, and have provided us with your valid VAT identification number, we do not need to charge VAT on your fees. Your VAT identification number is the best evidence that you are a business, and no alternative evidence will be required from you. Your invoice will show your VAT identification number, and is issued net of VAT. You might be liable to self-assess VAT under your domestic rules. This is also referred to as the reverse charge mechanism.

If you have not provided us with a valid VAT identification number, Buzz and Hype Llc. is required to charge VAT at the rate of the country where you reside in accordance with the EU VAT rules for electronically supplied services.

VAT Charged For Users Who Reside In Hungary

Any Million Dollar Map™ user based in Hungary, regardless whether they are a business or not, will be charged the Hungarian VAT on their fees.

VAT Charged For Users Who Reside Outside Of The European Union

As a non-European resident user you will not be charged European VAT on your Million Dollar Map™ fees.

Refund Policy

No refund will be granted after you submitted your request to place your logo on the map.

This holds true even for cases when due to violation of the Terms of Use you got banned from Million Dollar Map™.

If for whatever reason in the future you want your image and other details removed from the map, you can do that, but you will not get a refund and your territory might be made available to the public again.

Enter our 'Deserted 5' Contest for Free and win USD 5,000!

You're at the right place, if you want to have a chance to win $5,000!

For more info scroll down or read the complete and official Contest Rules.

Contest Period

The Contest starts on 20 October, 2015 and ends on 20 January, 2016.

Start the New Year with a bit of a boost!

Aim Of The Contest

The aim of the Contest is to score the lowest(!) possible ‘Total Territory Points’ (see definition below).

When selecting your 5 territories aim for those which, you believe, will be the most ‘deserted' ones, i.e. selected by the lowest number of players by the end of the Contest Period.

Scoring System

Individual Territory Points: By the end of the game, each territory will be assigned a point value (‘Individual Territory Points’) equal to the number of players who selected them in the Contest. This means that the more ‘deserted’ a territory is, the lower value it will have, which is great!

Example: Let’s say that the territory of Budapest, Hungary will be selected by 458 players. As a result the Individual Territory Point of Budapest will be 458

Total Territory Points: The Individual Territory Points of your 5 selected territories will be summed up, showing how many ‘Total Territory Points’ you scored. The lower this number, the better!

Example: Let’s say that the 5 territories you selected will have Individual Territory Points (i.e. the number of contestants who selected them in total, including yourself) of 13, 89, 191, 467 and 941, respectively. As a result your Total Territory Points will be 1701 (13 + 89 + 191 + 467 + 941 = 1701)

The Winner

The Winner of the Contest will be the player who scored the lowest(!) ‘Total Territory Points’ in the Contest.

Tiebreaker

If there is a tie between two or more players scoring the lowest Total Territory Points, the Winner will be the one who has the most Invited Friends in the ‘Referral’ Contest among these candidates.

In the unlikely event of still having a tie between two or more candidates after taking into account their performance in the ‘Referral’ Contest, the Winner will be selected by a random draw from these candidates.

The Prize

The Prize of the Contest will be the lower amount of the following two options:

$5,000.00 (five thousand US dollars) OR

50% (fifty percent) of the money generated by Million Dollar Map™ during the Contest Period.